SSI

I got approved for SSI for my twins. My phone interview was May 19th. June 2nd I got two $50 checks. The man said they would back track it to the day they became disabled which would be April 1st. I'm wondering why I only got 1 $50 check each?

When the social worker at the hospital encouraged me to apply for my son she said ibwould get backdated as well, but the ssi office informed me they only pay when the application was approved and my son gets a monthly 30 dollar payment while hes an impatient and once hes released, then it's income based.

I don't really have answers, but I'd say give them another month for the back-payments. We applied in July and didn't get the first check (which did include back-payments) until November. Shortly after, I notified them that Peter had been discharged, but they have yet to stop sending the same $72.80 checks each month (our state supplements federal SSI). Maybe that will change next month, when Peter turns a year old. If not, I'll give them yet another call.

We got pretty small checks (~70/mo each), but the really big benefit of SSI is that in our state (MA) it automatically makes the LOs eligible for state-funded health insurance regardless of the parents' income.

They pay behind. So if they were eligible april 1st you wouldnt see that check until June 1. May's check will come July 1st etc.

I have 2 kids on it, and when I gave birth in February their checks went up because our family size changed.. so the first month they considered our family size changed was March and I received that first larger check May 1st. If that makes any sense.. its kind of a wacky schedule